Episode 31: Will My Child Always Struggle With Spelling?
“Will My Child Always Struggle with Spelling?” It’s Episode 31 of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show. Homeschool mom Heather Vogler shares ideas and resources you can use to tailor spelling instruction to carefully meet each child’s unique needs. You’ll also hear about connections between reading, writing, and spelling. Plus gain beautiful insight on the topic by Beverly L. Adams-Gordon, author of the beloved Spelling Power curriculum.
Connections
A Prayer for Homeschools
Here is Heather’s prayer from today’s episode:
“Lord, thank you so much for the children you have given us.
Thank you for the opportunity that we have to homeschool.
I thank you that each child is unique, and I thank you for every child and every parent represented, listening in on this podcast.
Lord, I pray that you would give wisdom and understanding and discernment to each parent as they learn how to teach their child how to spell.
I thank you for the years of experience from those who have created resources that we can use, but I also thank you for the wisdom that you can give each parent to create, craft, and tailor a program unique for their child.
I pray that each one will leave encouraged, inspired, and excited to teach their child how to spell, how to write, and how to succeed in life.
In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.”
Connect with The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine
Today’s host, Heather Vogler, has authored many articles for The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine. Use the search feature in the Digital Magazine Library to discover Heather’s writings.
For more on spelling wisdom, click on the links to these articles:
- “Spelling Can Be Easy”
- “Ten Ways to Make Spelling and Phonics a Hands-On Experience”
- “Spelling, Grammar, and Phonics”
Connect with Spelling Power
Today’s episode of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show includes clips from an interview with the beloved author of Spelling Power, Beverly L. Adams-Gordon, who has an innovative approach to teaching spelling.
In addition to homeschooling, Beverly L. Adams-Gordon has eight years of classroom teaching experience at various grade levels from preschool through high school. She is a certified Montessori teacher (through grade eight) and is endorsed to teach high school-level Math, Science, English, and History. She has done extensive research on multi-sensory methods of education and learning disabilities. She is an active member of the International Dyslexia Association. She also spent many years as a homeschool supervisory teacher, home education consultant, and administrator of achievement tests and non-test assessments.
In addition to Spelling Power, Adams-Gordon has written twelve other books and over 700 magazine articles on educational topics. She is a popular speaker throughout the United States and Canada at home education conferences, literacy conventions, teacher in-service training programs, and online seminars/workshops.
Connect with the TOS App
Everything homeschool is in your hands with the TOS App from The Old Schoolhouse®. Access the current issue of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine—plus more—any time, any place. Search for articles on spelling from a decade of back issues. Content updated weekly. The TOS App is better than ever. See why: download today at Google Play or the App Store. More for your homeschool at TOSApps.com.
Connect with SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Did you know that spelling is a lifelong skill? With Schoolhouse Spelling from SchoolhouseTeachers.com, students from kindergarten to high school can enjoy a variety of activities ranging from spelling word videos to fun spelling lists and worksheets to puzzles that enable each student to work with words while learning how to spell them.
Heather mentioned the SchoolhouseTeachers.com Weekly Writing Challenge course during today’s podcast. This course offers multiple writing challenges for students to get their creative juices flowing and practice their writing skills. Using one challenge per week, various topics important to writing are covered such as character formation, setting, point of view, genres, and more. Students are given the opportunity to brainstorm, edit, and rewrite.
The Charlotte Mason method was also mentioned in today’s episode. Have you heard of her? Find out more from SchoolhouseTeachers.com and see if Charlotte Mason and her methods resonate with you. Here’s Charlotte Mason Homeschool Help.
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Connect with The Canadian Schoolhouse
Here is a sample of the wonderful resources available on The Canadian Schoolhouse site, brought to you by The Old Schoolhouse®:
Connect with The Homeschool Minute
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The Homeschool Minute is a weekly eNewsletter for anyone homeschooling or considering starting. It’s brief yet packed with a powerful dose of encouragement to keep you going strong in your commitment to your family and to the Lord. This week, you can expect even more on the topic of spelling. Subscribe to the free homeschool newsletter.
Connect with HomeschoolingFinds.com
HomeschoolingFinds.com is your destination for reliable information on products and resources you can use in your own homeschool. Brought to you by The Old Schoolhouse®, HomeschoolingFinds.com is THE place to find your new favorites. Take a look today!
In today’s podcast, Heather mentioned these HomeschoolingFinds.com reviews: Spelling You See and Spelling, Reading, and Math Fun at Reading Kingdom, and WriteShop. Use the search feature on HomeschoolingFinds.com to find even more on spelling or any other homeschool subject.
Connect with Upcoming Episodes
New episodes of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show are released every Monday. Check back right here for show notes and links at HomeschoolShow.com. Here’s what you can look forward to next:
- 9/4/23: Episode 32—“Art and Photography” hosted by Deborah Wuehler of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine
- 9/11/23: Episode 33—“When Mamas Cry” hosted by Stephanie Morrison of The Canadian Schoolhouse
- 9/18/23: Episode 34—“What Kind of Homeschooler Am I?” hosted by Christine Weller of SchoolhouseTeachers.com and The Canadian Schoolhouse
Questions or comments on the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show podcast? We’d love to hear from you at HomeschoolShow@TheOldSchoolhouse.com.
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